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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml')
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml index fda88ae1d48..839a1e86a75 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.18 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.19 2001/09/08 15:24:00 petere Exp $ Postgres documentation --> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Postgres documentation <arg>-i</arg> <arg>-L</arg> <arg>-N</arg> - <arg>-o <replaceable>file-name</replaceable></arg> + <arg>-o <replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg> <arg>-O</arg> <arg>-P</arg> <group> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Postgres documentation <arg>-F</arg> <arg>-i</arg> <arg>-L</arg> - <arg>-o <replaceable>file-name</replaceable></arg> + <arg>-o <replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg> <arg>-O</arg> <arg>-p <replaceable>database</replaceable></arg> <arg>-P</arg> @@ -103,9 +103,12 @@ Postgres documentation </para> <para> - When running a stand-alone backend the session user name will - automatically be set to the current effective Unix user name. If - that user does not exist the server will not start. + When running a stand-alone backend, the session user will be set to + the user with id 1. This user does not actually have to exist, so + a stand-alone backend can be used to manually recover from certain + kinds of accidental damage to the system catalogs. Implicit + superuser powers are granted to the user with id 1 in stand-alone + mode. </para> <refsect2> @@ -157,14 +160,14 @@ Postgres documentation </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term>-o <replaceable class="parameter">file-name</replaceable></term> + <term>-o <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para> Sends all debugging and error output to - <replaceable class="parameter">OutputFile</replaceable>. + <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable>. If the backend is running under the <application>postmaster</application>, error messages are still sent to the frontend process as well as to - <replaceable class="parameter">OutputFile</replaceable>, + <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable>, but debugging output is sent to the controlling tty of the <application>postmaster</application> (since only one file descriptor can be sent to an actual file). @@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ Postgres documentation </refsect1> <refsect1> - <title>See also</title> + <title>See Also</title> <para> <xref linkend="app-initdb">, |